Survivors Quotes

Survivors Quote of the day

Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.

Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in which they are forced to live.

Deep connection is the antidote to madness.

There is a means to every end. A root to any cause. Sometimes the root is more evil than any cause, though it's the cause that is usually most vilified.

One of the best ways of repressing emotions is artificial certainty.

Survivors can't always choose their methods.

He was slowly starting to recover. I could tell by the eye roll and sigh. Oh, so only he could be a comedian?

Psychological and emotional wellness is an ongoing process for everyone.

There are tons of kids out there who endure chronic abuse and suffer in silence. They can’t trust anyone, they can’t tell anyone, and they have no idea how to get away from it.

After a victim is made to participate in an act of evil, the people in charge put a lot of energy into convincing the child or adult that he or she is evil and a perpetrator rather than a victim.p324

Despite the horror, we survivors were endowed with a will to survive. Or instinct. Or maybe it was faith.

people do not emphasize with victims and give them limitless sympathy, but can very quickly switch to aggression and rejection

We accept the cures, with the promise of future struggles, in defiance of death.

Clouds of confusionrolled into illusionHe veils perversionforcing her coercionHer body he takeswhile she flies awayunbelievable, she's invisible

It is through that brokenness that we find courage and strength. It is what empowers us to do great things.

Heaven is freakin' not ready for me!" - seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner in Never Leave Your Wingman

You're actually each other's wingman. You never leave your partner vulnerable." - Graham Warner, husband of fun-loving seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner

Never apologize for how you chose to survive.

It is not a crime to commit First Degree Writing

I deliberately seek out the colors to keep my mind off them, but now and then, I witness the ones who are left behind, crumbling among the jigsaw puzzle of realization, despair and surprise.

I don't mind getting older

A child that’s being abused by its parents doesn’t stop loving its parents, it stops loving itself.

I'm Used To, Being Used, Not Abused.

Shouldn't there be more distaste in our mouths for the abusers than for those who continue to love the abusers?

For all those who believed me, and for all those who didn't. It can't be easy hearingthings that you shouldn't.

I grew up missing my mom while she was right in front of me.

Overcoming abuse doesn't just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.

You're a survivor because everyday you make a choice not to be governed by their harsh words or actions. No one has the right to take away your happiness.

the gravity of wound to fist

Dissociative Disorders have a high rate of responsiveness to therapy and that with proper treatment, their prognosis is quite good.

Just then they were both vulnerable, and the only thing standing between them and our enemies, was me.It seemed nobody wanted to take those odds because no one approached. I was mildly flattered.

She hadn't been scared for herself, she'd been frightened for me.Good. Her A-class horror movie scream earlier had nearly put me in an early grave. When this was over, I could call us even.

I wasn't the kind of girl who liked to wait around to be rescued.

Ugh. I do not miss being your age." Sarah muttered, retracting her hand and wrinkling her nose. "It's like all teenagers have hormones coming out of their ears.

The more we get attached to any relationship, the more we lose the grip on our emotional freedom.

We normally know we're getting older when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded

Without hair, A queen is still a queen’.

No hair? Don’t care!!

You're a survivor because every day you make a choice not to be governed by their harsh words or actions. No one has the right to take away your happiness

The happy family is a myth for many.

Anyone who shames survivors of trauma and abuse for not healing, is a person who has no compassion for life's suffering

I'm still not sure if I was a victim or not... and if I was, who was my abuser?

They feel guilty for having survived so they pretend the bad things never happened Exodus (1960) screenplay

Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial.

There are no winners in battle. Just survivors.

People stagger, but they pick up a tattered thread and wind it back onto a spool.

Unspeakable feelings need to find expression in words. However... verbalization of very intense feelings may be a difficult task.

This world isn’t a fair place, because we never know how much time we’ve really got.

I can sit in denial of my life because in looking around I see how lucky I am to have survived it.

Kate! Get some ice on that ankle or it's going to swell to the size of Luke's head. Then neither of you will be able to get through the front door.